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326 lines
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>The Linux Mail User HOWTO</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="Introduction"
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HREF="introduction.html"></HEAD
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CLASS="article"
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BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
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TEXT="#000000"
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><H1
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CLASS="title"
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><A
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NAME="AEN2"
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>The Linux Mail User HOWTO</H1
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><H3
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CLASS="author"
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><A
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NAME="AEN4"
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>Eric Steven Raymond</A
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><DIV
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CLASS="affiliation"
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><SPAN
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CLASS="orgname"
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><A
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HREF="http://www.catb.org/~esr/"
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TARGET="_top"
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> Thyrsus Enterprises</A
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><BR></SPAN
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><DIV
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CLASS="address"
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><P
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CLASS="address"
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<TT
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CLASS="email"
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HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"
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>esr@thyrsus.com</A
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>></TT
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</P
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CLASS="copyright"
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>Copyright © 2005 Eric S. Raymond</P
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><DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="abstract"
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NAME="AEN16"
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><P
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>This document is an introduction to the world of electronic
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mail
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(email) under Linux. It
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focuses on user-level issues and typical configurations for Linux home
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and small-business machines connected to the net via an ISP.</P
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><P
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>You need to read this if you plan to communicate locally or to
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remote sites via electronic mail. You probably do
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<EM
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>not</EM
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> need to read this document if don't exchange
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electronic mail with other users on your system or with other
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sites.</P
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><P
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>For information on configuring and administering mail, see the
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Mail Administrator HOWTO.</P
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><HR></DIV
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CLASS="TOC"
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><DL
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><DT
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><B
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>Table of Contents</B
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></DT
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><DT
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>1. <A
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HREF="introduction.html"
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>Introduction</A
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><DD
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><DT
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>1.1. <A
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HREF="introduction.html#newversions"
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>New versions of this document</A
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><DT
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>1.2. <A
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HREF="introduction.html#hardware"
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>Hardware requirements for email programs</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>1.3. <A
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HREF="introduction.html#sources"
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>Software sources for email programs</A
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></DD
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><DT
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>2. <A
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HREF="mua.html"
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>Mail User Agents</A
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><DD
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><DT
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>2.1. <A
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HREF="mua.html#editor"
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>Setting your mail editor</A
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><DT
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>2.2. <A
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HREF="mua.html#mutt"
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>mutt</A
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><DT
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>2.3. <A
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HREF="mua.html#elm"
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>elm</A
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><DT
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>2.4. <A
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HREF="mua.html#pine"
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>pine</A
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><DT
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>2.5. <A
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HREF="mua.html#netscape"
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>Netscape</A
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><DT
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>2.6. <A
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HREF="mua.html#emacs"
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>Emacs rmail/smail and vm.</A
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><DT
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>2.7. <A
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HREF="mua.html#bsdmail"
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>BSD mail</A
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><DT
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>2.8. <A
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HREF="mua.html#othermuas"
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>Other user agents</A
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><DT
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>3. <A
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HREF="advanced.html"
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>Advanced topics</A
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><DD
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><DT
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>3.1. <A
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HREF="advanced.html#aliases"
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>Aliases</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>3.2. <A
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HREF="advanced.html#forwarding"
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>Forwarding</A
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><DT
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>3.3. <A
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HREF="advanced.html#autoreply"
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>Auto-replying</A
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><DT
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>3.4. <A
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HREF="advanced.html#lists"
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>Mailing lists</A
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><DT
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>3.5. <A
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HREF="advanced.html#filters"
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>Mail filters</A
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><DT
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>3.6. <A
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HREF="advanced.html#spam"
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>Coping with spam</A
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><DT
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>4. <A
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HREF="resources.html"
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>Other sources of information</A
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>4.1. <A
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HREF="resources.html#usenet"
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>USENET</A
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><DT
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>4.2. <A
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HREF="resources.html#books"
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>Books</A
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><DT
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>4.3. <A
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>Periodic USENET Postings</A
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><DT
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>4.4. <A
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HREF="resources.html#dontgo"
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>Where <EM
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>not</EM
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> to look for help</A
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>Administrivia</A
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>5.1. <A
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HREF="administrivia.html#AEN276"
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>Feedback</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>5.2. <A
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HREF="administrivia.html#copyright"
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>Copyright Information</A
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><DT
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>5.3. <A
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HREF="administrivia.html#disclaimer"
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>Standard Disclaimer</A
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></DT
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>5.4. <A
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HREF="administrivia.html#acknowledgements"
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>Acknowledgements</A
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